Dolo hospital airstrike

Dolo hospital airstrike
Part of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
LocationDolo, Ethiopia
Coordinates4°10′N 42°04′E / 4.167°N 42.067°E / 4.167; 42.067
Date30 December 1935 (1935-12-30)
TargetField hospital
Attack type
Airstrike
WeaponMustard gas bombs
Deaths22–30
Perpetrators Royal Italian Air Force

On 30 December 1935, a Swedish Red Cross field hospital was destroyed in an airstrike by the Regia Aeronautica (Royal Italian Air Force) in Dolo, Ethiopia, killing between 22 and 30 people, mostly Ethiopians. The attack was part of an Italian response to the killing of Italian aviator Tito Minniti by either Ethiopian troops or civilians.